Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, and the nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film features the Avengers joining forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy to stop the powerful Thanos from amassing the all-powerful Infinity Stones and unleashing chaos on the universe.